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South America questions

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South America quiz
Which major South American city remained completely isolated by road for most of its history until the construction of a bridge in the mid-20th century?
Cali
51
Manaus
66
Curitiba
72
Maracaibo
100
Until the construction of the General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge in the 1950's and 60's, Maracaibo's only connection to the rest of the country was by boat across Lake Maracaibo
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Cities questions
What is the second-largest city in Peru after Lima?
Cuzco
284
Arequipa
203
Callao
72
Iquitos
98
Lima is the largest city and capital of Peru. Arequipa, located in the south, is the second largest city in Peru. It is famous for having many volcanoes and having the Colca Canyons. Cuzco is the 7th largest city in Peru, Iquitos is 6th, and Callao is not in the top ten largest cities.
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Peru questions
What is the largest wild cat of the Americas?
cougar
1608
bobcat
337
jaguar
1803
leopard
494
The jaguar is the largest native cat species of the New World and the third largest in the world, after tiger and lion.
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Zoogeography questions
Which country is home to the source of the Amazon River?
Colombia
387
Brazil
580
Peru
1582
Ecuador
455
The source of the Amazon River has been attributed to the headwaters of three different Peruvian rivers in the high Andes: the Marañón, the Apurímac, and the Mantaro.
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Geography questions
Which country is named after an historical figure?
Australia
158
Zambia
236
Namibia
309
Bolivia
1831
Bolivia is named after Simón Bolívar, a Venezuelan leader in the Spanish American wars of independence.
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Etymology questions
Who was the first known European to battle the Incas?
Aleixo Garcia
139
Francisco Pizarro
334
Fransciso de Orellana
79
Diego de Almagro
67
Aleixo Garcia was the first European to cross the Chaco and even managed to penetrate the outer defenses of the Inca Empire on the hills of the Andes, in present-day Bolivia. He was the first European to do so, accomplishing this eight years before Francisco Pizarro.
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History questions
Where did Che Guevara die?
Cuba
763
Bolivia
1436
Argentina
579
Mexico
324
Che was shot and killed at La Higuera, Vallegrande, Bolivia, in 1967.
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Bolivia questions
Which man was once President of Peru?
Christian Meier
35
Gaston Acurio
103
Alberto Fujimori
628
Juan Diego Flórez
153
Alberto Fujimori is a Peruvian former politician who served as the President of Peru from 28 July 1990 to 22 November 2000.
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Biography questions
These are the ruins of the most ancient city of the Americas. Where is it?
Caral, Peru
322
Giza, Egypt
45
Ephesus, Turkey
146
Ur, iraq
201
Caral, or Caral-Chupacigarro, was a large settlement in the Supe Valley, near Supe, Barranca Province, Peru. Caral is the most ancient city of the Americas ( inhabited roughly between 26th and 20th centuries BCE) and a well-studied site of the Norte Chico civilization.
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Archaeology questions
Where is Huascarán mountain?
Ecuador
452
Peru
785
Bolivia
578
Chile
437
Huascarán is a mountain in the Peruvian province of Yungay situated in the Cordillera Blanca range of the western Andes. The highest southern summit of Huascarán is the highest point in Peru.
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